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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 986643" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>Fortunatley I am surrounded by several vets that do LA stuff. 4 are pretty good at it too. I have found that each has their better points and I use them accordingly. One is usually cheaper but busier and harder to get a farm visit squeezed in. He is very hard to get information out of, not because he is being a jerk but because he just doesn't talk much. He is very good at foot problems, palpation etc. He did diagnose my injured bull as hopeless. A second opinion and a BSE found him sound and he is doing his job breeding cows fine. Another vet I use is VERY good with information and will spend as long as it takes to talk me through any issues. She specializes in repro work and is in very high demand for embryo transfers (she is flown down to Texas every year to do ET work on whitetailed deer at some of the big deer ranches and she also gets flown down to South America to perform ET's on some big ranches down there). She is located 4 miles from me and she has indoor LA working facilities, hydraulic squeeze and flip table so I bring the worst cases to her. She also does a really nice job of community involvement by having 2 open house events every year and offering free seminars on cattle health. The 3rd vet I use is a "road" vet. She has no clinic and only does farm visits in her well stocked truck. She is a tiny little woman but very efficient and fairly reasonable. The only issue is availability as she covers several counties.</p><p></p><p>I try to do what I can by myself but over the years of trying to improve my herd as much as possible via A.I. and the purchase of quality stock my investment in these animals continues to grow as well as their value. I don't like to take too many chances of losing one due to my limited knowledge / capability.</p><p></p><p>My advice for verteranarians is you will retain more customers by sharing information than you will lose from the customer doing it themselves. Sharing information helps the cattleman recognize the problems before they get too advanced and the vet can be called BEFORE it gets to a mercy kill situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 986643, member: 1863"] Fortunatley I am surrounded by several vets that do LA stuff. 4 are pretty good at it too. I have found that each has their better points and I use them accordingly. One is usually cheaper but busier and harder to get a farm visit squeezed in. He is very hard to get information out of, not because he is being a jerk but because he just doesn't talk much. He is very good at foot problems, palpation etc. He did diagnose my injured bull as hopeless. A second opinion and a BSE found him sound and he is doing his job breeding cows fine. Another vet I use is VERY good with information and will spend as long as it takes to talk me through any issues. She specializes in repro work and is in very high demand for embryo transfers (she is flown down to Texas every year to do ET work on whitetailed deer at some of the big deer ranches and she also gets flown down to South America to perform ET's on some big ranches down there). She is located 4 miles from me and she has indoor LA working facilities, hydraulic squeeze and flip table so I bring the worst cases to her. She also does a really nice job of community involvement by having 2 open house events every year and offering free seminars on cattle health. The 3rd vet I use is a "road" vet. She has no clinic and only does farm visits in her well stocked truck. She is a tiny little woman but very efficient and fairly reasonable. The only issue is availability as she covers several counties. I try to do what I can by myself but over the years of trying to improve my herd as much as possible via A.I. and the purchase of quality stock my investment in these animals continues to grow as well as their value. I don't like to take too many chances of losing one due to my limited knowledge / capability. My advice for verteranarians is you will retain more customers by sharing information than you will lose from the customer doing it themselves. Sharing information helps the cattleman recognize the problems before they get too advanced and the vet can be called BEFORE it gets to a mercy kill situation. [/QUOTE]
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